TROOPS of the 79th IB seized firearms, ammunition, explosives, personal belongings, and subversive documents following a clash with the New People’s Army (NPA) in Barangay Marcelo, Calatrava, Negros Occidental Wednesday, July 6. (Photo courtesy of the 79th IB)
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REBELS' FIREARMS.Some of the firearms recovered by military and police troops after their encounter with CPP-NPA rebels in Barangay Santol, Binalbagan, Negros Occidental on Wednesday (July 6, 2022). The four slain rebels were behind the ambush of personnel of the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station in February, the Philippine Army said on Thursday (July 7, 2022).(Photos courtesy of 303rd Infantry Brigade, Philippine Army) BACOLOD CITY -The four Communist Party of the Philippines - New People's Army (CPP-NPA) rebels killed during an encounter with joint military and police forces in southern Negros Occidental on Wednesday were behind the ambush of personnel of the Binalbagan Municipal Police Station in February. This was confirmed by the Philippine Army's 303rd Infantry Brigade (IBde) on Thursday after identifying the fatalities, who all belonged to the NPA's Central Negros 2 - Komiteng Rehiyon Negros. They were Roel "Berio" Sagon, 30, leader of Squad 3, a resi
PEACE ADVOCATES. A total of 125 youths from Mabinay, Negros Oriental have completed a three-day Youth Leader Summit initiated by the Philippine Army. The youth summit aims to empower the participants in nation-building while helping promote peace. (Photo by Judy Flores Partlow) DUMAGUETE CITY - Leaders and graduates in a Youth Leadership Summit (YLS) in Mabinay town, Negros Oriental have vowed to promote peace and help the government fight the insurgency. On Monday afternoon, 125 young people, with ages ranging from 11 to 28, completed a three-day youth summit initiated by the 11th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army and facilitated by leaders of the Youth for Peace and Development Philippines-Negros Oriental chapter. "The goal of our organization is to promote sustainable peace and youth empowerment," said Aljoy Canedo, 22, of Manjuyod, Negros Oriental and the president of the provincial Youth for Peace. Having completed the provincial YLS a few years ago, she led othe
DRUG-FREE BARANGAYS. Members of the Anti-Drug Abuse Council of Negros Oriental meet on Friday (May 27, 2022) to discuss the status of the barangays in the province in relation to the illegal drugs problem. The police reported that as of the month of May, 198 villages were declared drug-cleared or drug-free. (Photo courtesy of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office) DUMAGUETE CITY - A total of 198 barangays in Negros Oriental have been declared as drug-free or drug-cleared, an official of the Negros Oriental Provincial Police Office (NOPPO) on Friday said. Provincial police director Col. Germano Mallari said of the number, 145 villages were cleared and 53 were certified unaffected or drug-free. The campaign against illegal drugs is one of the priority programs of the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte since he was elected into office in 2016, Mallari said. He said starting in 2017, authorities attained 35.54 percent or 198 of the 557 barangays declared drug-cleared or dru
FREE RIDE IN CEBU. A modern jeepney plying the Cebu City uptown route through the "Libreng Sakay" program. LTFRB-7 regional director Eduardo Montealto Jr. on Friday (May 20, 2022) said more routes are added to the province's free ride scheme, this time servicing commuters going to Cebu's southern and northern towns. (PNA photo by John Rey Saavedra) CEBU CITY - Commuters can now enjoy travel even up to Cebu's northern and southern localities through the national government's "Libreng Sakay (free ride)" program. In an advisory, Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Central Visayas (LTFRB-7) regional director Eduardo Montealto Jr. said his office has approved more routes for the free rides under the national government's service contracting scheme. "Transport service cooperatives and transport corporations have joined the fleet of the Libreng Sakay under the service contracting program of the Department of Transportation. Take